Up to Your Neck?
January 11, 2021 DAILY READING Psalm 69:1-5 FIELD NOTES “Save me O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.” Isn’t that such a beautiful picture of the struggle? We are constantly fighting against a force of nature that bends us towards our own downfall. Some might call it our sinful nature, or simply just sin. Some might…
Read MoreWheat & Tares (Dr. Chappell)
This week’s preacher: Dr. Davis Chappell. We continue our series on the preaching of Jesus called “Reorientation.” This series is the fourth in our year-long focus on intentional discipleship called “Walking with Jesus.” Learn how you can be more intentional in your walk with Jesus at bumc.net/journey. Our Scripture reading: Matthew 13:24-30
Read MoreWheat & Tares (Rev. Toi King)
This week’s preacher: Rev. Toi King. We continue our series on the preaching of Jesus called “Reorientation.” This series is the fourth in our year-long focus on intentional discipleship called “Walking with Jesus.” Learn how you can be more intentional in your walk with Jesus at bumc.net/journey. Our Scripture reading: Matthew 13:24-30
Read MorePushing Back Against Death
January 9, 2021 DAILY READING Luke 5:1-11 [Psalm 40:1-11] FIELD NOTES So often it seems, we give up too soon, weary from our work that bears so little results. So often, we forget that Jesus, who has called us, is the one who also empowers us. We forget that Jesus brings forth a bounty of fish so…
Read MoreThe Gift My Father Promised
January 8, 2021 DAILY READING Acts 1:1-5 [Psalm 40:1-11] FIELD NOTES “When we attribute the Christian life from beginning to end to the Holy Spirit, we are indexing our lives to a divine personal agent who is capable of speaking, confronting, comforting, inspiring, encouraging, empowering, purifying, and the like. Moreover, in referring to the Holy…
Read MoreI’m Delighted With You
January 7, 2021 DAILY READING Galatians 1:6-12 [Psalm 40:1-11] FIELD NOTES “The whole Christian gospel could be summed up in this point: that when the living God looks at us, at every baptized and believing Christian, he says to us what he said to Jesus on the day of his baptism. He sees us, not…
Read MoreBehind the Veil
January 6, 2021 DAILY READING Matthew 12:15-21 [Psalm 89:5-37] FIELD NOTES In his modern classic, Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense, scholar N.T. Wright says this: “Jesus is, at the moment, present with us, but hidden behind that invisible veil which keeps heaven and earth apart, and which we pierce in those moments, such as prayer, the…
Read MoreEmpty Spectacle
January 5, 2021 DAILY READING Acts 8:4-13 [Psalm 89:5-37] FIELD NOTES Simon the Sorcerer had been captivating the people for some time when Philip rolled into town. Where Simon offered up a spectacle, Philip offered something different. Philip came in with healing, miracles, and most of all, the truth of Jesus Christ. We like to think we…
Read MoreThe Fence Around Our Yard
January 4, 2021 DAILY READING Acts 10:44-48 [Psalm 89:5-37] FIELD NOTES We see in this passage from Acts that the Holy Spirit has been poured out even on the Gentiles. This came as such a shock to those who had followed Christ, being that they and He were Jewish. God had allowed those outside of the family…
Read MoreSowing Seeds (Rev. Toi King)
This week’s preacher is Rev Toi King. This week we begin our new series on the preaching of Jesus, called “Reorientation.” This series is the fourth in our year-long focus on intentional discipleship called “Walking with Jesus.” Learn how you can be more intentional in your walk with Jesus at bumc.net/journey. Our Scripture reading: Matthew…
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